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Sir Alexander Richardson Binnie (26 March 1839 – 18 May 1917) was a British civil engineer responsible for several major engineering projects, including several associated with crossings of the River Thames in London. In 1875, he returned to England as Chief Engineer for Waterworks for the City of Bradford, West Yorkshire where he was concerned with the repair and construction of reservoirs and large water supply projects, such as Upper Barden Reservoir. He was then offered the post of Chief Engineer for London County Council in 1890, a post he held until 1902.

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  • Sir Alexander Richardson Binnie (26 March 1839 – 18 May 1917) was a British civil engineer responsible for several major engineering projects, including several associated with crossings of the River Thames in London. He was born in London to a Scottish father, Alexander Binnie, and Hannah Carr from Castle Sowerby, Cumberland. He was baptised at the Swallow Street Scotch Church, where his grandfather Alexander Birnie was an elder. He trained as an engineer by being articled in 1858 to Terence Flannagan and afterwards to Frederic la Trobe Bateman. He then worked on railways in mid-Wales before moving in 1868 to India to engineer the Nagpur water supply system. He received the Telford Medal of the Institution of Civil Engineers in 1875 for his paper on the Nagpur waterworks. In 1875, he returned to England as Chief Engineer for Waterworks for the City of Bradford, West Yorkshire where he was concerned with the repair and construction of reservoirs and large water supply projects, such as Upper Barden Reservoir. He was then offered the post of Chief Engineer for London County Council in 1890, a post he held until 1902. As chief engineer for London County Council, his design feats included the first Blackwall Tunnel (1897) and Greenwich foot tunnel (1902) (both in Greenwich, London) and, further upstream, Vauxhall Bridge (1906). He was knighted in 1897 by Queen Victoria for services to engineering and elected President of the Institution of Civil Engineers in 1905. He also designed, with Sir Benjamin Baker, major parts of London's drainage system, including east London sewage treatment works at Crossness and Barking on the south and north sides of the Thames respectively (these were sited at the ends of the sewer outfalls created by Sir Joseph Bazalgette during the late 19th century). (en)
  • Sir Alexander Richardson Binnie (1839 – 1917) was een Britse civiel ingenieur die een aantal grote civieltechnische projecten geleid heeft, waaronder een aantal oeververbindingen met de Theems in Londen. Als hoofdingenieur voor de , ontwierp hij de eerste Blackwall Tunnel (1897) en Greenwich foot tunnel (1902) (beide in Greenwich) en verder stroomopwaarts Vauxhall Bridge (1906). Hij werd geridderd door Koningin Victoria voor zijn verdiensten in de techniek. Hij werd als voorzitter gekozen van het in 1905. Samen met ontwierp hij grote delen van het rioleringssysteem van Londen, waaronder de rioolwaterzuiveringen in en Barking. Deze lagen aan beide zijden van de Theems aan het einde van de hoofdriolen die door Sir Joseph Bazalgette aangelegd waren aan het eind van de 19e eeuw. Net als een aantal vakgenoten uit zijn tijd richtte ook Binnie een eigen ingenieursbureau op. Zijn zoon William nam het bedrijf over nadat Alexander met pensioen ging. Dit bedrijf werd uiteindelijk in 1990 onderdeel van . (nl)
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  • Sir Alexander Richardson Binnie (26 March 1839 – 18 May 1917) was a British civil engineer responsible for several major engineering projects, including several associated with crossings of the River Thames in London. In 1875, he returned to England as Chief Engineer for Waterworks for the City of Bradford, West Yorkshire where he was concerned with the repair and construction of reservoirs and large water supply projects, such as Upper Barden Reservoir. He was then offered the post of Chief Engineer for London County Council in 1890, a post he held until 1902. (en)
  • Sir Alexander Richardson Binnie (1839 – 1917) was een Britse civiel ingenieur die een aantal grote civieltechnische projecten geleid heeft, waaronder een aantal oeververbindingen met de Theems in Londen. Als hoofdingenieur voor de , ontwierp hij de eerste Blackwall Tunnel (1897) en Greenwich foot tunnel (1902) (beide in Greenwich) en verder stroomopwaarts Vauxhall Bridge (1906). Hij werd geridderd door Koningin Victoria voor zijn verdiensten in de techniek. Hij werd als voorzitter gekozen van het in 1905. (nl)
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